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Federal judge: Samsung must face 'mass arbitration' of biometrics claims
The electronics giant had argued the collective filing of tens of thousands of individual claims at the same time amounted to an attempt to extract a class action-style settlement, despite arbitration agreements forbidding class actions -
Samsung: Prominent plainfiffs' firm Labaton Sucharow seeking to press 'frivolous' biometrics claims in 'mass arbitration'
Samsung says the Labaton lawyers have 'weaponized' the arbitration process to extract a large, quick, potentially undue settlement. Labaton says Samsung is throwing a 'tantrum' to sidestep potentially massive liability for allegedly violating the Illinois biometrics privacy law -
Appeals panel agrees AbbVie didn't violate antitrust laws with Humira 'patent thicket'
Drugmaker settled with potential competitors, but benefit plans fail to prove illegality -
$17.3M deal could end investor class action vs in-flight wifi provider Gogo; Lawyers to get one third
Investors allege company downplayed concerns about how aircraft de-icer hampered internet signal for Gogo's new 2Ku global satellite system. -
Appeals court OKs $97.5M for lawyers who got $650M from Facebook in photo tags class action
A California federal appeals court says the big fee award to the lawyers for their work leading the class action under Illinois' biometrics law wasn't excessive -
Two objectors fail to hold up $92M settlement of TikTok privacy class actions
A Chicago federal judge has given preliminary approval to a $92 million settlement of a lawsuit that accuses TikTok of breaking privacy laws, overriding objections the payout falls short and users are still not fully protected. -
Exelon, ComEd execs can't convince judge to cancel investor fraud lawsuit over alleged Madigan bribery scheme
Federal judge says the shareholder plaintiffs have done enough so far to demonstrate ComEd allegedly willfully concealed the alleged bribery scheme from its shareholders. -
Judge OKs $650M deal to end Facebook photo tagging class action; $345 payments to users, $97.5M to lawyers
A federal judge in San Francisco granted final approval to a settlement he called a "major win for consumers in ... digital privacy. -
Thornton Law Firm demands insurer cover its costs in fighting to preserve $74M fees
Boston-based Thornton Law Firm is asking the court to order Continental Casualty to pay its legal bills in big fee fight. -
Fifth Third says judge needs to dismiss class action 'piggybacking' on CFPB action
Complaint based on allegations of employees starting customer accounts without permission -
Judge: AbbVie's "patent thicket," deals to keep control over Humira doesn't mean drugmaker broke antitrust laws
AbbVie had accumulated hundreds of patents to protect its claim to Humira's big money sales, but that doesn't mean they broke the law, a judge has ruled, dismissing a slew of class action claims. -
Facebook will pay $550M to settle Illinois photo tag class action brought by Edelson, other firms
Facebook has agreed to pay $550 million to settle one of the first and largest class actions launched under an Illinois biometrics privacy law. -
Supreme Court slams door on Facebook's bid to undo photo tagging class action
The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected Facebook’s attempt to untag itself from a class action lawsuit worth potentially billions of dollars under Illinois’ biometric information privacy law. -
Facebook: SCOTUS should delete biometrics class action, says plaintiffs weren't harmed by photo tagging system
Facebook wants the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a federal appellate court's ruling allowing a class action worth potentially billions of dollars to continue under an Illinois biometrics privacy law, as the company argues plaintiffs weren't harmed and the case would be too sprawling. -
Judge gives nod to $28M deal to settle investor suit vs DeVry Education Group over grad job rate claims; Lawyers to get $7M
DeVry University has agreed to pay $28 million to settle a class action suit, in which investors alleged DeVry’s falsification of graduate success rates caused the school’s publicly traded stock to drop, leading investors to take a bath. -
Appeals panel: Facebook must face class action under IL privacy law over face-scanning photo tags
Facebook will need to face a class action under Illinois’ biometrics privacy law for its face-tagging technology, as a federal appeals court in California rejected both the social media giant’s attempt to argue the plaintiffs couldn’t prove they were actually harmed by the program, and Facebook’s contention a class action would dissolve into a pool of “mini-trials” over individual Illinois residents’ claims. -
AbbVie accused of using 'thicket' of patents to block generic versions of Humira drug from U.S. market
Drug maker AbbVie is facing federal antitrust lawsuits accusing it of using patents to stifle competition and boost the price of its drug, Humira. -
Judge: Allstate must answer class action alleging intentionally lowered risk standards, hurt profitability
A federal judge in Chicago has cleared a group of investors to continue their class action against insurer Allstate for allegedly hurting the company’s value by allegedly lowering underwriting standards to add higher-risk customers. -
California federal judge: Facebook can face privacy class actions under Illinois biometrics law
A federal judge has ruled that even though a putative class-action suit against Facebook – which alleges the company lifted users’ biometric information without permission – was moved from Illinois federal court to California federal jurisdiction, Illinois law regarding privacy will apply in the case.